I just wish CNN had presented the entire roll call uninterrupted by commercials . . . and especially uninterrupted by incessant blathering of Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper. At one point I actually yelled at them to shut the fuck up so I could hear what was happening.
I think I was closer to your conclusion than you were at the start of this convention, but it has helped re-assure me.
I did feel myself thinking of all the accusations and portraits painted of her by people who are not on her side (and thus not on my side) and it kind of all got to me like “well maybe they are right…?” But this convention so far has reminded me that “No, they are not right they are just loud.”
I don’t know that there will be too many people who could be swayed from one side to the other that are actually watching this convention. However, those of us who are now more solid in our choice of Hillary Clinton can be armed with more facts and anecdotes that can hopefully help sway others.
In fact, I found and shared these two articles on Facebook today:
CSPAN does the whole thing live from gavel to gavel, with no talking heads, and no commercials. This is my first time watching one of the conventions on CSPAN. Now I’ll never watch a political event anywhere else.
The DNC is also live streaming on YouTube if you don’t get CSPAN.
For those who get UVerse, there is a temporary DNC channel (I believe 214 or 1214 HD) where you get the whole thing, no commercials, no commentators.
I was watching the Washington Post feed, without commentators, it was probably the DNC feed. Though I didn’t like that there was no running count of delegate votes.
That would’ve been good. Bubba excels at call-and-response.
At one point during his speech I said to my wife, “Funny how Bill, as much as he admired and loved his wife all those years, kept cheating on her.”
Not bad - not bad at all. Add “awkward interpersonal skills” and “tendency to self-inflict political wounds,” and I think you’ve got her.
Agreed. C-SPAN is the political junkie’s destination channel.
Watching his speech now. Wow. He’s definitely still got it.
Did anybody else find it odd that Hillary Clinton connected in live from New York? I guess I had always assumed that the candidate was kept backstage somewhere at the convention , all the better to shake hands, make connections and be on the spot for last minute decisions. Certainly Trump was all over the place for the whole duration of the Republican convention. I hadn’t given it much thought, though. Is it typical for the presidential candidate to be somewhere else and then just come in as the closer for the end of the convention?
I wish that Comcast in my area had CSPAN in HD. Alas. Even PBS has the talking heads…
Heard one commentator this morning remark that [paraphrasing]: That was a nice little love story, but I think he left out a few chapters! 
“And as wonderful a Hillary is, and she is the love of mah life, I think ya’ll can understand when you got a nice 21-year-old intern willing to, well let’s just say do things that ol’ Hill just isn’t up for anyone… I mean, how could I say no???”
I think it’s customary & traditional for the candidate to keep away until the nomination is secure, and let their staff handle all the smoke-filled roof stuff. This maintains the illusion that we’re still in the time when candidates could be genuinely surprised that they were nominated for President.
A tradition that of course Trump could not stick to. He was out at least 3 of the nights of the RNC, maybe all 4. He is the very definition of attention whore.
Smoke-filled roofs? Hehe. I guess that allows the smoke to dissipate in the open air. Better for the lungs.
A rousing speech by Martin O’Malley!
And now here’s Ripley!
Where the heck is Al Gore?
Not attending. although he did make a statement supporting Hilary. He did not attend in 2012 either. He has somewhat stepped back from party politics, except in connection to climate change. He seems more interested in that one issue than in being a force in the Democratic party.
Fine with me, he has worked hard as a Democrat for years, and he is still doing good. He has earned the right to put his focus where he wants it.
Sure, but I didn’t just happen to mention him right now for no particular reason; they just had Sigourney Weaver talk about climate change to introduce the short film on climate change before having a Democrat who ran for President step up to the podium and talk about why Hillary Clinton should win the election for to combat climate change. So I got to thinking, wait, don’t we have a guy for this speech?
Suppose its possible that things are not altogether healed up between the Clintons and Gore. Clinton offered to campaign for Gore, Gore mounted his high horse and said no. And lost. Clinton wouldn’t even have to say “Told you so, dumbass!”, his eyebrows would twitch the message.
Gore turning down Clinton’s help could have been his biggest campaign mistake. And, as well we all know now, it cost the nation. Big time.
Gore is a good man, and focusing his advocacy on a specific, critical issue makes a lot of sense. I doubt anyone in the DNC begrudges how he spends his time and energy.
Ha–Cagney and Lacey!